It’s common knowledge that healthy kids eat right and stay fit. What’s uncommon—four well-designed studies on nutrition and exercise funded by the Children’s Discovery Institute. Three of these studies address the metabolic problems of diabetes and malnutrition within the Center for Musculoskeletal and Metabolic Diseases; one study is funded through the Congenital Heart Disease Center...More

Steven Teitelbaum, MD, Messing Professor of Pathology and Immunology, first came to Washington University School of Medicine in 1960. He trained with one of the university’s legendary researchers. Today, he is a legend himself—a world- renowned expert on the mechanisms of osteoporosis. In a recent interview, Dr. Teitelbaum shared his ideas on the scientific process....More